Wall•E/Eve 2008 or how I spent my 4th of July
Ok, no, I don’t really want to nominate Wall•E for president, but I did think it was one of the best movies I’ve seen in a really long time. It was also how I started my weekend, so double bonus points. Now, there was someone at work today who shouted hypocrite at me, given my love for Wall•E. You see, there was this movie, Les Triplettes de Belleville (aka The Triplets of Belleville) that had no dialogue in it, although the visuals were quite well done, that I railed against. And given that there’s a good half an hour in Wall•E with no dialogue whatsoever, and about half of the dialogue for the rest of it consists of “Wall•E”, “Eve” and “directive”, I can see why he thinks I’m being a bit two-faced. But in my defense, this movie is about *robots*, and that movie is about *people*! I found it to get a bit strained when not a single person in the 80 minute movie spoke. Ok, there was some singing, but that doesn’t count. For some reason I give robots a bit more of a pass on the non-verbal communication. And the people in Wall•E did, in fact, speak! Anyways, it was hilarious, touching, and a bit surprising in it’s overall tone against the over-consuming, always-connected 24-7 world we live in. Go Pixar! If you’re one of the few people who haven’t seen it, you should. Right now. My roommate who has never seen an animated film in the theaters even loved it.
I got home from that really late on Thurs, and then it was up around 5 to head down to the Cape to catch the ferry to Nantucket. My god was I knackered. I barely slept, since it was my first time staying on the new sleep sofa at my mom’s, and whenever one of the kitties jumped up, I would wake up. So there was a lot of coffee involved with getting me onto the boat. My mother and I always take the slow boat over, which takes 2 hours, as opposed to the catamarans that only take an hour. It’s nice just sitting outside on the ocean for a while. It also helps wake you up a bit! So I was doing better by the time we hit the island.
We went for lunch at our favorite place, the Brotherhood of Theives. We hadn’t been on the island in about two years, and sometime between visits they had expanded the restaurant. It was still cozy and had great atmosphere, but there was an extra section in the back, which was nice. I had a yummy crispy chicken ceaser wrap, which fortified me for shopping. We walked around town a bit. There must have been a dog parade on Main St, because everywhere we looked, there were pups with bandannas or fancy collars. I live vicariously through other people’s pets, so it was great. We had most of our luck on Centre St, especially in Trillium, where my mom got a beautiful ball covered in sea shells, and I got two lotus blossom votive holders that had some antiqued gold plating. We were going to stay until 5:30 or so, but I started getting worn down again, so we cut our losses and jumped on the 3:45 home. The timing worked perfectly, as far as traffic goes, and we were able to breeze home.
When I was leaving her house, we were just able to spy a few fireworks over the trees. I couldn’t see that well, so I headed out. I was almost home, when through the trees by the ball field near where I live, I was able the see the finale of some town’s fireworks. Luckily, no one was around for a few mn, so I was able to pull over and watch. Just as they were finishing up, a car pulled up behind me, and I moved on. I had big plans to go somewhere else exciting on Sat or Sun, but all I managed was to get some shopping done for my vacation in two weeks, and a bunch of chores. Still was a good weekend off all and all.
